Pompeii in bloom: The site is looking particularly stunning at the moment — awash with the vibrant colours of #Spring . #Pompeii #Roman

A Jewish wedding ring surmounted by a symbolic structure in the form of a house. Place of origin: Austria, 19th century (?). Medium: gilt silver.

Preparing for the Bath by John William Godward (1900)

John Woodrow Kelley, b. 1952, “Mercury”, 2000.

The Pantheon is arguably the greatest intact temple of Ancient Rome today.

The Hagia Sophia is the greatest church ever constructed in Constantinople (“New Rome”)

Both are splendid domed places of worship, converted in faith from their original purpose.

Both still amaze us!

Did you know the ATM in the Vatican has a Latin language option?

Now you know :)

Different cat, same chair (and fabulous painting)

Textile fragment. Cultures/periods: Chimu (?) Chancay (?). Production date: 900-1430. Made in: Peru. Collection: British Museum.

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Carthaginian Glass Head Pendant, C. 5th-4th century BC.

The earliest type of head-pendants date to the 6th century BC and were produced in Phoenicia. Later types such as this one were produced in the Phoenician colony of Carthage as well as other Phoenician settlements located

Mosaic with the head of Athena, Vatican Museums.

Credit: vatikanischemuseen.com

Cities with over hundred thousand inhabitants in 1700

A map of Ottoman Constantinople in 1572

King Mithridates or Antiochus I of Commagene shaking hands with Heracles, Arsameia on the Nymphaios. Mount Nemrut, Adiyaman, Turkey.

Map of Italy during the Renaissance (1494)

Detail from Christ Crowned With Thorns, Dieric Bouts, 1470.

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Thomas Theodor Heine, Angel (c. 1905)

This miniature illustrates the important Apostolic Constitution Benedictus Deus by Pope Benedict XII (1336). Its core statement: The souls of all humans who are not in need of purification will see God face to face immediately after death.
Medieval Manuscripts Royal 6 E VI, f. 16v; c.1360

these grape vines on the ceiling of the Tomb of Sennefer (Theban Tomb TT96) slap